Hope Rising, the book.
Oof, so much hope welled within me this afternoon!
On Thursday I caught the last minute or two of Focus on the Family's program. A woman author was speaking about her book. "Hope Rising." Now first off, ever since the Lord gave me the phrase, "hope rising," it seems this chapter of my life has transitioned into the Lord restoring my own hope. Restoring what I felt has been lost. I am seeing and hearing the word "hope" everywhere and I can't help but feel like a sponge when I do. So, back to the radio program. The Lord so clearly said, read that book. I knew without a doubt that being given that phrase in April and hearing it on the radio was no coincidence. It was clear as day that I was to read that book.
So here I am. Reading "Hope Rising," and just filled with so much emotion. Hope.
I felt like I needed to pause after I reached page 49. (I don't really want to put down the book.) As I paused, the Lord said, I have placed you to speak life into children. Initially I was hung up on the whole grammatical aspect of the sentence. I keep wanting to ask, "placed me where?" But if I were to use that sentence with my students it would be the type of sentence I'd use to introduced adverbial phrases. "I have placed you _______, to speak life into children." Where? In a boat? On the moon? In a race car? On a giraffe? In an igloo? These types of language lessons are some of my favorites with children because you can get pretty goofy with it. However, most recently, where has the Lord placed me? Alexandria, MN.
Just as soon as I heard I have placed you to speak life into chidlren, Psalm 91:3 came to mind. I looked it up and read:
"For He will rescue you from every trap and protect you from deadly disease." Psalm 91:3
I claim hold to that promise.
On Thursday I caught the last minute or two of Focus on the Family's program. A woman author was speaking about her book. "Hope Rising." Now first off, ever since the Lord gave me the phrase, "hope rising," it seems this chapter of my life has transitioned into the Lord restoring my own hope. Restoring what I felt has been lost. I am seeing and hearing the word "hope" everywhere and I can't help but feel like a sponge when I do. So, back to the radio program. The Lord so clearly said, read that book. I knew without a doubt that being given that phrase in April and hearing it on the radio was no coincidence. It was clear as day that I was to read that book.
So here I am. Reading "Hope Rising," and just filled with so much emotion. Hope.
I felt like I needed to pause after I reached page 49. (I don't really want to put down the book.) As I paused, the Lord said, I have placed you to speak life into children. Initially I was hung up on the whole grammatical aspect of the sentence. I keep wanting to ask, "placed me where?" But if I were to use that sentence with my students it would be the type of sentence I'd use to introduced adverbial phrases. "I have placed you _______, to speak life into children." Where? In a boat? On the moon? In a race car? On a giraffe? In an igloo? These types of language lessons are some of my favorites with children because you can get pretty goofy with it. However, most recently, where has the Lord placed me? Alexandria, MN.
Just as soon as I heard I have placed you to speak life into chidlren, Psalm 91:3 came to mind. I looked it up and read:
"For He will rescue you from every trap and protect you from deadly disease." Psalm 91:3
I claim hold to that promise.
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